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Featured Article The Logistical Challenges Of Doing Business In India Is India the “next big thing” for your business? If you are looking to cash in on India’s growth, here are some opportunities and obstacles you can expect to see when your supply chain expands in that direction. By Mike Kilgore, President & CEO; Abraham Joseph, Managing Director for India; Jeff Metersky, Vice President, Supply Chain Strategy Practice, Chainalytics LLC - Supply Chain Management Review |
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Supply Chain Design Global Supply Chain Design The dollar’s fall and growing affluence worldwide means sourcing and logistics patterns will change. Exports are rising as will offshore supply costs. Volkswagon looks to increase production in the US as the dollar loses value. By SCDigest Editorial Staff, Supply Chain Digest Keep Tabs On Your Network Two tech firms learned that network optimization is a moving target. Harman Kardon and Sanuwave have two very different motivations for redesigning their supply chain networks. By Perry A. Tunick, Logistics Today |
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Transportation 2008 Logistics Rate Outlook: Uncertainty Abounds A confluence of economic circumstances has caused the transportation industry to cast a cold and watchful eye on rate forecasts for the coming year. While top industry analysts have been reluctant to quantify predictions, here’s what their gut instincts are telling them. By John Paul Quinn, Logistics Management Bigger Ocean Containers Promise Big Savings Fresh from the assembly line, the first containers were loaded by APL at Chiwan, China and moved to the carrier’s Global Gateway South marine terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.The new 53-foot containers designed for containership transport are beginning to move from Asia to the US. By LT staff, Logistics Today |
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Inventory Complex Technology Optimizes Basic Concepts As supply chains continue to increase in scope and complexity, the technology powering those supply chains likewise becomes more complex, specific, and compartmentalized. Some companies, however, are realizing that in the quest for ultimate technology sophistication, they may be overlooking some very basic business concepts. by Amy Roach Partridge, Inbound Logitics Procter & Gamble Takes Inventory Up A Notch While it's very much on top of its supply chain game, Procter & Gamble still sees opportunity in reducing its worldwide inventory levels. That explains why the company is putting so much emphasis on emerging “multi-echelon” inventory management technology to keep inventory levels down and customer service high. By John Kerr, Logistics Management |
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Supply Chain Intelligence The Move To "Intelligent" Supply Chain Decisions Bob Parker of Manufacturing Insight shares his top 10 predictions for the manufacturing sector. By Andrew K. Reese, Supply & Demand Chain Executive Get Rid Of That Headache For Good A practical guide to product rationalization using real-life best practices for getting excess product off your company's bottom line. By Sanjiv Mahajan, Supply & Demand Chain Executive |
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Global Supply Chains Global Supply Chain News: Are A Confluence Of Factors Going To Bring An End To The China Sourcing Party? As Western manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers continue to flock to China for sourcing of a wide range of manufactured goods, a variety of trends are driving the cost of China’s exports much higher, threatening to end the China sourcing party that exploded in the past few years. By SCDigest Editorial Staff, Supply Chain Digest Mexico Paves The Road To Prosperity Transportation infrastructure lies at the heart of Mexico's ambitious plans for the future. "Nowadays, competitiveness, economic growth, and countries' opportunities for well-being depend largely on the solidity and modernity of their infrastructure," said Mexico President Felipe Calderon. By Lisa Terry, Inbound Logistics |
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